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Old cat ladies never die - they just move to Plymouth

The Cat Lady of Beacon Hill is now the Cat Lady of Plymouth, John Ford warns.


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Alleged hungry thugs forgot the first rule of sticking up the delivery guy

Which is: When you call in your order, don't use your actual address. Boston Police report arresting four Dorchester residents for armed robbery with a sawed-off shotgun Friday night - in the same apartment they'd listed when they called up a local pizza shop to order three pizzas and a calzone.

Police say one of the four met the delivery guy downstairs at 105 Lawrence Ave. around 11 p.m., handed him $40 as if to pay him, then pulled out a handgun and demanded all his money:

According to the victim at this same time, two other black males in their late teens exited the building, one armed with a silver handgun and the other with a sawed-off rifle. After the suspect's was robbed of his money, the suspects instructed him not to look back and they fled into 105 Lawrence Avenue.

When police arrived, they went up to Apartment 6, from which the order had come. They say they found the four hiding in the bathroom - four other people were lounging about the living room - along with a black and brown handled sawed-off shotgun. Oh, and elsewhere in the apartment, police say they found three pizza boxes.

Kenya M. Blalock, 18, Dammikka A. Singleton, 18, Darius M. Sims, 20 and Jeffrey S. Jones, 19, were charged with armed robbery possession of a sawed-off rifle.

Kenya is, as they say, known to police. On Dec. 1, she was arrested along with four other people on charges they robbed a guy walking down Bowdoin Street near Geneva Avenue.

Innocent, etc.

Fri, 01/23/2009 - 18:03
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And here's why I would avoid a stranger offering a free hug

Brookline Police report on an incident Thursday afternoon in front of 146 Harvard St.:

Victim reports that while walking down the street the suspect approached the victim in a motion of offering a hug. The victim then stopped walking and was punched by the suspect in his waist. The victim did not know this suspect and the suspect fled the scene. The suspect was approximately 5'10" 50 years of age and dark skinned.


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When a busker is bounced

Carmen reports the cop didn't seem very happy about it, but he still ran a busker out of the South Station T stop last night for not having a permit - and that really annoyed all the people who'd been listening to him:

... One woman thought it was all her fault, that she had brought attention to the busker by asking him to play a song for her. She had been singing along when the mean cop came along. "I feel terrible," she said. "I've been working up my courage for weeks just to ask him to play that song for me."


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Nothing quite like a good scandal to get the juices flowing

The Outraged Liberal compares the coverage of Sal DiMasi's possible imminent departure and the news that Gov. Patrick is cutting $128 million from local aid - which helps pay for police, firefighters and road repair:

... Welcome to a journalism feeding frenzy -- created by a local press corps that doesn't routinely cover the daily ins and outs of a $26-plus billion industry, prefers gossip and rumor over facts and wouldn't know context if it hit them in the face. ...

He does give props to the Globe for putting the local-aid story on the front page.


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PLEASE BE ADVISED THAT PATRONS ARE INSANE

As I sit here watching the virtual waiting room clock count down, again, from 30, all I can say is: Thank goodness for resizable browser windows. Anybody have better luck (and do I want to know)?


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How did we miss the memo about Ray Flynn running for mayor again?


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Girls claim two guys tried to abduct them in Roxbury

Boston Police report they are looking for two guys for an incident around 9 p.m. on Thursday:

On arrival, the officers spoke with two victims, two girls ages 12 and 14. The victims stated that while walking on McGreevey Way they were approached by two suspects. One victim stated the suspect (operator of the motor vehicle) made threatening and sexual comments in an apparent attempt to lure the victims while banging the handle of a large knife on the outside of the driver's door. The victims, still walking on McGreevey Way, ran to a neighbor’s house for help. The victims then stated that the suspects drove down McGreevey Way towards Parker Street, taking a right onto Parker Street and from there directions unknown

Police described one suspect as a light-skinned Hispanic, about 20, wearing a white and red hat, a black jacket and carrying a knife with a black handle. The other was described as a dark-skinned black male, about 20, wearing a black hat and black jacket.

Ed. note: I hate to be skeptical, but ...

Thu, 01/22/2009 - 16:06
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The Spaceman returns to Boston

Bill Lee

Think "municipal finance" and Bill Lee probably won't be the first person to come to mind. But there he was today at the Massachusetts Municipal Association meeting at the Hynes, where Paul Keleher photographed him.

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